,---------------------------------------------------------------------- | "One may also argue that given a well-designed LaTeX document class | file, document development speed and text and formatting accuracy are | significantly improved." `----------------------------------------------------------------------
Apparently, the LaTeX users didn't have the benefit of a document class. Hard to take a "study" like this seriously. ,----------------------------------------------------------------------- | "preventing researchers from producing documents in LaTeX would save | time and money to maximize the benefit of research and development for | both the research team and the public" `----------------------------------------------------------------------- All you have to lose is your freedom. All the best, Tom Ken Mankoff <mank...@gmail.com> writes: > People here might be interested in a publication from [2014-12-19 Fri] > available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115069 > > Title: An Efficiency Comparison of Document Preparation Systems Used > in Academic Research and Development > > Summary: Word users are more efficient and have less errors than even > experienced LaTeX users. > > Someone here should repeat experiment and add Org into the mix, perhaps > Org -> ODT and/or Org -> LaTeX and see if it helps or hurts. I assume > Org would trump LaTeX, but would Org -> ODT or Org -> X -> DOCX (via > pandoc) beat straight Word? > > -k. > > > -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com